All contributed papers will be accepted. The IMS contributed abstract deadline is November 15, 2001.

Regular
contributed paper presentations are 15 minute presentations.
The title
of the contributed paper with speakers' names, affiliations, addresses,
telephone numbers, fax numbers and email addresses along with the
abstract must be submitted by November 15
to ENAR online (check IMS box there). You also need register for the conference when submitting your abstract.
Abstracts must be less than 150 words.

Topic contributed sessions are welcome; the abstracts
are subject to the same submission requirement and deadline.
In addition, topic contributed
session organizers must send the
IMS contributed papers chair, Nidhan Choudhuri,
the information of a session title,
organizer and affiliation,
and a list of speakers and their affiliations,
by the same deadline. Topic contributed presentations can be 20 minutes
presentations.